ir0b0t's Journal: Open Source Law Office: Triage

This is a short note to say that between a firewall, ssh and samba, the correct first thing to work on (in my world) is a firewall.

Why? Because its impossible to relax enough to leave my office computer powered up when I go home unless I feel reasonably good about the firewall. If the machine is not powered up, then I have to stop working on all three projects after I leave the office.

By completing the firewall to a reasonable degree of, er, completion, I can go on attempting the ssh connection after I leave. Eventually that connection will work the way I need it to work (i.e. it will work). Then I can log-in remotely and work on samba --- work on whatever.

Setting up the firewall will let me leave the machine on from time to time without having to worry. When the machine is on, there's at least a possibility that I will be able to work on ssh should I have enough energy left at night to do so. After ssh is done, the door is open to work on everything else.